An appeal to the Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds in this country as well as to individual American Jews to increase their contributions to the YIVO Scientific Institute for Jewish Research was made here today at a press conference arranged by the Institute, which is considered one of the most valuable Jewish institutions by world Jewry.
Leaders of the Institute revealed at the press conference that their institution receives about $30,000 a year from Jewish welfare funds and close to $80,000 in contributions from individuals. They emphasized that this income is too meager to meet the research and publications program of the Institute. They also revealed that the Institute now faces a deficit of $100,000 and announced a campaign for 1,000 new members.
The Institute has now in its possession many archieves of Jewish organizations which have made history in Jewish life. They include the files of the HICEM which for many years conducted Jewish emigration activities, of the late Dr. Joseph Rosen who directed the Agrojoint’s colonization work in the Soviet Union, and of many communities annihilated by the Nazis in Europe.
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